"I need to tell you that you're not okay, because deep inside I'm not okay." This understanding is essential to healing verbal emotional abuse in intimate relationships.
If you live in an abusive relationship, you know this unspoken interaction message like the back of your hand. What you and your partner may not be aware of is that the "put-downs" so freely delivered spring forward from a place of vulnerability, not power.
If you live in an abusive relationship, you know this unspoken interaction message like the back of your hand. What you and your partner may not be aware of is that the "put-downs" so freely delivered spring forward from a place of vulnerability, not power.
Even so, the impact of these little dirty emotionally abusive darts hurt. And that psychological pain builds over the months and years with more and more layers of blows.
Read Dr. King's entire article The Essential Keys to Healing Verbal Emotional Abuse in Intimate Relationships
Dr. Jeanne King, Ph.D., our official Abusive Relationships Expert
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